States to get $5.4 billion in first wave of Sandy recovery money

6:47 PM,
Feb. 5, 2013

Written by

Malia Rulon Herman and Brian Tumulty
Courier-Post Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - New York, New Jersey and other states hit by Superstorm Sandy will get $5.4 billion in the first wave of recovery money approved by Congress, Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York said Tuesday.

The funds come from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Development Block Grant program. States have said that money will be critical for rebuilding because the block grant program offers them flexibility to use the money where it's most needed.

"The work it took to pass the Sandy aid bill is starting to pay off," Schumer said in a press statement. ...